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Letter to AT&T Business Customers February 11, 2005

 

An open letter to
AT&T’s Business Customers
attending the Pebble Beach Pro-Am

AT&T sponsors this beautiful event, which makes substantial contributions to

many deserving causes. Meanwhile, over 1700 AT&T employees are losing their

jobs right now and 3000 more will be unemployed by the end of 2005.

We, the employees of AT&T, are concerned about some AT&T management

decisions that could affect you, AT&T’s customers.

You pay for the high quality of AT&T’s network. Yet, equally as important, you

pay for the skill and knowledge of the technicians that support the

communications services relied upon by your businesses.

As the technicians charged with ensuring that your problems are handled in an

efficient and competent manner, we are sad to say that AT&T has implemented

processes which could inhibit these levels of proficiency. The replacement of

AT&T’s technicians with outside contractors, inexperienced managers, and

automated test systems could jeopardize your service.

The recent announcement of the purchase of AT&T by SBC will only result in a

smooth, positive and beneficial transition for its customers IF there is no poor

decision-making in the future. There must be respect for both customers, as well

as the employees who service those customers.

We urge you to question these decisions directly to AT&T CEO Dave Dorman.

Talk to him here, call or write:

David Dorman, CEO

AT&T

One AT&T Way

Bedminister, NJ 07921-0752

Phone: 908-234-4700

Fax: 908-532-1230

The men and women of the Communications Workers of America